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Causes of American Civil War facts Flashcards

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Who stood for the Free Soil Party in 1848?

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Martin Van Buren

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Who stood for the Whigs in the 1848 election?

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Zachary Taylor

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Taylor’s results in 1848 election

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48% of vote

163 electoral college votes

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Free Soil results 1848 elections

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10% votes

No electoral votes

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What fraction of slave state members signed Calhoun’s Address

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One third

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When was the California Gold rush?

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1848-49

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What did Taylor encourage settlers in California and New Mexico to do in 1849

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Apply immediately for admission to the union without first going through the process of establishing territorial governments.

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When did California ratify a constitution to prohibit slavery and applied for immediate admission to the union?

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1849

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When did fist fights break out on the floor of Congress?

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December 1849

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When did Henry Clay first offer the 1850 compromise?

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January 1850

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Did Taylor approve or appose Clay’s 1859 proposals?

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Opposed

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When did slave state delegates meet in Nashville. How many states represented?

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June 1850. Nine out of fifteen.

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When did president Taylor die?

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July 1850

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Who replaced Taylor as President?

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Millard Fillmore

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When had the Compromise passed thanks to Senator Douglas?

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September 1850

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What were the 5 terms of the Compromise of 1850?

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Statehood for CA
Territorial status for Utah and New-Mexico - allowing pop sov.
Resolution of the Texas-New Mexico boundary dispute
Abolition of the slave trade in Washington
A new fugitive slave Act

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Compromise of 1850 voting lines

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Most Northern Congressmen voted against the pro-slavery measures while most Southern Congressmen had voted against the anti-slavery measures.

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Which state tilted the balance in favour of free states?

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CA

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Terms of the new Fugitive Slave Act

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Authorised federal marshals to raise posses to pursue fugitives on Northern Soil. Those who refused to join risked a $1000 fine. Targeted not just recent but also old runaways.

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When did a Boston mob break into a courthouse an kill a guard to rescue Anthony Burns

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1854

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During the 1850s how many northern states passed personal liberty laws?

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Nine

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When was Uncle Tom’s Cabin published?

How many copies sold in first year and how many in next decade?

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1851
300,000
Two million

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Who returned to the Democrats in 1852

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Van Buren

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Who was nominated as Whig candidate for 1852 election?

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General Winfield Scott

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Who was Democratic candidate in 1852?

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Franklin Pierce

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Results of election for Pierce

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51 percent

27 electoral votes - Whigs just four

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When was Pierce inaugurated?

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March 1853

27
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When did Pierce give Gadsden authority to negotiate Gadsden purchase?

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1853 - 46,000 square miles Mexican territory - gained Senate approval - Southern railway to the Pacific

28
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Ostend Manifesto

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$130 million for Cuba

American foreign ministers issued Ostend Manifesto - Cuba as necessary to USA as any of its present members, leaked

29
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What line did Nebraska lay north of?

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36*30 - Missouri Compromise new states would enter the Union as free states

30
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When did Douglas introduce the Kansas-Nebraska Bill into congress?

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January 1854

31
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Who introduced an amendment to specifically repeal the ban on slavery in Nebraska?

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Senator Atchinson of Missouri

Nebraska divided into Kansas and Nebraska, slavery might spread to Kansas

32
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What was Douglas’ motive?

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Trans Continental railway with terminal in Chicago - presidential ambition

33
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Who published The Appeal of the Independent Democrats in Congress to the People of the United States, and when?

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Salmon Chase - Jan 1854 - Slave Power Conspiracy

34
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What did passage of the Kansas-Nebraska bill become a symbol of?

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Southern honour

35
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When did the Kansas Nebraska bill become law?

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May 1854

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How did the Kansas Nebraska Act sectionalise Congress?

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90% of Southerners voted for it, 64 percent of Northerners voted against it.

37
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When were the Know Nothing’s formed?

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New York 1849 - nativist

38
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Why did Northerners support Know Nothings?

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Anti-Catholic
Anti-establishment
Kansas-Nebraska Act was associated with the Democrats, many Whigs joined Know Nothings

39
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When was the Republican Party formed

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1854

40
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The Republicans were strongest in the Mid-west, the Know Nothings were strongest in New England.

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The Republicans were strongest in the Mid-west, the Know Nothings were strongest in New England.

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Northerners thought that if slavery expanded into Kansas it might expand anywhere. Southerners feared that a free Kansas would be another nail in the slavery coffin.

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Northerners thought that if slavery expanded into Kansas it might expand anywhere. Southerners feared that a free Kansas would be another nail in the slavery coffin.

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How many Northerners did The MA Emigrant Aid Company sponsor to settle in Kansas?

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Over 1500 in 1854-5

43
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What Association did Senator Atchinson form that pledged to ensure that Kansas became a slave state?

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The Platte County Defensive Association

44
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When did Kansas elect its first territorial legislature and where did they meet?

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March 1855 Lecompton - proceeded to pass a series of tough pro-slavery laws

45
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Where did Free-soilers set up their own government?

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Topeka

46
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What event started Bleeding Kansas, and when?

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May 1856 a pro-slavery posse ‘sacked’ Lawrence, burning some building, blown out of proportion by Northern journalists.

47
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Who murder five pro-slavery settlers at Pottawatomie Creek?

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John Brown

48
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Was Bleeding Kansas good or bad for Republicans?

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Good because Bleeding Kansas became a rallying cry for Northerners opposed to slave power.

49
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When was the American Party forced to drop its Anti-Kansas-Nebraska position?

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1856

50
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What led to a decline in nativism in the mid 1850s

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Decline of immigration

51
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When Congress met in December 1855 Know Nothings were split North and South

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When Congress met in December 1855 Know Nothings were split North and South

52
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When did the Republican Party hold its first national convention?

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February 1856

53
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The idea of a Slave power conspiracy was an article of faith o most Republicans

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The idea of a Slave power conspiracy was an article of faith o most Republicans

54
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When did Bleeding Sumner take place and who beat him?

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May 1856 Preston Brooks - silence free speech

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